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UNLV LIBRARY Africa. MEDIA RESOURCES CATALOG National Geographic Video (2001) ETHNIC STUDIES Presents Africa through the eyes of its Summer 2011 people, including the personal stories of those who shape its future A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs & Freedom. 1. Savanna homecoming ; Desert California Newsreel (1996) odyssey – Biography of African-American labor 2. Voices of the forest ; Mountains of leader, journalist, and civil rights activist, A. faith Philip Randolph. 3. Love in the Sahel ; Restless waters Video Cassette ( 1 hr. 27 min.) 4. Leopards of Zanzibar ; Southern E 185.97 R27 A62 treasures – 5. The making of Africa A Time For Burning. 5 Videocassettes (ca. 540 min.) Docurama (2005) DT12.25 .A37 2001 1-5 The pastor of an all-white Lutheran church in Omaha, Nebraska tries to get his Africa: Who is to Blame? congregation to reach out to their fellow Films for the Humanities & Sciences black Lutherans, only to find a wall of (2006) resistance among his church. Former President of Ghana Jerry 1 videodisc (ca. 58 min.) Rawlings and Kenyan law student June E185.61 .T56 2005 Arunga travel through Tanzania and Rwanda, witnessing the economic and About Baghdad. social situations of the people they meet and Arab Film Distribution (2004) considering what measures would improve In July 2003 Sinan Antoon, an exiled life for the people of Africa generally. Iraqi writer and poet, returned to Baghdad to 1 videodisc (61 min.) see what has become of his city after wars, HC800 .A58 2006 sanctions, decades of oppression and violence, and now occupation. Antoon takes African American Gender Roles. us on a journey exploring what Iraqis think Insight Media (1994) and feel about the post-war situation and the In a classroom lecture, Dr. Polly complex relationship between the US and Radosh describes how gender role patterns Iraq. established in slavery persisted after slavery 1 videodisc (90 min.) was abolished. DS79.76 .A26 2004 Video Cassette ( 1 hr) E 443 A47 Adelante Mujeres! Women Make Movies (1992) African American Lives. Focuses on the history of Mexican- PBS Home Video (2006) American/Chicana women from the Spanish Uses genealogy, oral histories, family invasion to the present. stories and DNA to trace roots of several Video Cassette ( 30 min.) accomplished African Americans down E184.M5 A64 1996 through American history and back to Africa. 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) Adopted: We Can Do Better. E185.96 .A4462 2006 Point Made Films, c2008 "Adopted reveals the grit rather than the glamour of transracial adoption. First- time director Barb Lee goes deep into the intimate lives of two well-meaning families and shows us the subtle challenges they face. The results are riveting, unpredictable and telling"--Publisher's website. 2 videodiscs (212 min.) HV875.64 .A36 2008 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. ETHNIC STUDIES 2 African Americans on the Comstock. The Africans. Nev. Dept. of Cultural Affairs, 2002 PBS (1987) Features the research from an 1. The Nature of a Continent: examines archaeological excavation in 2000 of the Africa as the birthplace of human kind and former Boston Saloon, located underneath discusses the impact of geography on what is now the parking lot of the Bucket of African history. Blood Saloon in Virginia City. On-camera 2. A Legacy of Lifestyles: explores how host Gwen Clancy interviews lead African contemporary lifestyles are archaeologist Dr. Kelly Dixon about the influenced by indigenous, Islamic and artifacts and their meaning, volunteer Dan Western factors. Urriola about his painstaking work, Dr. Don 3. New Gods: examines the factors that Hardesty, who directed the field school, and influence religion in Africa. Historic Preservation Officer Ron James 4. Tools of Exploitation: contrasts the about the State's mission in supporting impact of the West on Africa and the impact archeology. of Africa on the development of the West. 1 videodisc (28 min.) Looks at the manner in which Africa's F849.V8 A37 2002 human and natural resources have been exploited. 5. New Conflict: explores the tensions inherent in the juxtaposition of the three heritages. 6. In Search of Stability: studies several means of governing and new social orders. 7. A Garden of Eden in Decay? identifies the problems of a continent that produces what it does not consume and consumes what it does not produce. 8. A Clash of Cultures: shows the coexistence of many African traditions and modern life and the conflicts and compromises that emerge from the mixing of cultures. 9. Global Africa: illustrates African contributions to contemporary culture and examines the continuing influence of the superpowers on the affairs of the continent. 9 Video Cassettes ( 1 hr. ea.) Guide (72 p.) DT 14 A572 Pt. 1-9 Africans in America. PBS (1998) Pt. 1: Terrible Transformation 1450-1750 Pt. 2: Revolution: 1750-1805 Pt. 3: Brotherly Love 1791-1831 Pt. 4: Judgment Day 1831-1865 4 Video Cassettes (90 min. each) Guide E 441 A32 pt. 1-4 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. ETHNIC STUDIES 3 Africans in America: America's Journey Alice Walker. Through Slavery. Films for the Humanities (1993) WGBH Educational Foundation (2006) Alice Walker shares with us her A four part series portraying the remarkable spiritual journey from a struggles of the African people in America. sharecropping childhood in rural Georgia to This series exposes the truth through the peace and creativity of her present surprising revelations, dramatic recreations, retreat in Northern California. She reads rare archival photography, riveting first- from her poetry and discusses contemporary person accounts and defines the reality of America with an anger and urgency rooted slaver's past through insightful commentary. in an abiding optimism. Disc 1. Terrible transformation, 1450- Video Cassette ( 30 min.) 1750 ; Revolution, 1750-1805 PS 3573 A425 Z463 Disc 2. Brotherly love, 1791-1831 ; Judgment day, 1831-1865 All Power to the People. 2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) Filmakers Library (1996) E441 .A32 2006 Provides the historical context for the establishment of the Black Panther Party for Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War. Self Defense in the mid 1960's. A&E Television Networks (2007) Video Cassette ( 1 hr 55 min) In 1866, the year immediately E 185.615 A65 following the end of the war, America was supposed to be reuniting, healing its All Under Heaven. wounds, and moving past years of civil Long Bow Group (1984) unrest. However, a closer look into this An intimate look at daily life in Long historic time reveals a sinister snapshot of a Bow, a village about 400 miles southwest of discordant nation caught in the midst of Beijing. Shows how a traditional way of life deadly race riots and angry insurgencies. has persisted and altered with political Examines the disturbing reality behind the changes of the last 40 years, particularly murder, terrorism, and chaos that marked collectivization and decollectivization. the uncertain period of Reconstruction in Video Cassette ( 58 min.) America. Guide 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) S522 C6 A45 E185.2 .A37 2007 All White in Barking. Aghueghniighmi - At the Time of Icarus Films, 2007 Whaling. "Through revealing interviews, Documentary Educational Resources alternately shocking and humorous, this (2005) documentary profile of a white working-class "Gambell, Alaska, is an Eskimo community east of London offers a timely village of 400 people located on St. snapshot of an increasingly multiracial Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, 200 Britain. The racial composition of Barking is miles from the mainland and 45 miles from in rapid flux, with immigrants from Africa, the Siberian Coast. The film was made in Asia, the Caribbean and the Balkans arriving April, 1974 during the Island's whaling and many longtime white residents leaving... season. The people of Gambell decided [Reveals] both the persistence and the what should be presented in this film, to gradual undermining of racial and ethnic produce a record of life in the community stereotypes"—Container from the perspective of its own people."-- 1 videodisc (73 min.) opening frames. DA676.9.A1 A45 2007 1 videodisc (39 min.) E99.E7 A817 2005 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. ETHNIC STUDIES 4 Amerasians. America in Black and White. Cinema Guild, [1998?] ABC News (1996) This documentary film consists of Ted Koppel hosts a five-day series of interviews with several of the more 100,000 broadcasts dealing with issues of racism. children of U.S. soldiers born to Vietnamese 1: The Philadelphia Story (42 min.) mothers during the Vietnam War. The 2: How Much is White Skin Worth? Amerasians portrayed in the film have (23 min.) moved to the United States under the 3: The Color Line and the Bus Line Amerasian homecoming act of 1987, which (23 min.) permitted the children of American soldiers 4: What About Black Racism? to immigrate to the United States with their (22 min.) immediate relatives. 5: The Search for Common Ground 1 videocassette (52 min.) (23 min.) DS556.45.A43 A44 1998 5 Video Cassettes E 185.615 A66 pt. 1-5 America Beyond the Color Line. PBS Home Video, [2005] America in Black and White: The Secret Gates travels to the east coast, the Game. deep South, inner city Chicago, and ABC News Hollywood to investigate modern Black In 1944, the all black team from North America and interview influential Americans Carolina College for Negroes and the all including Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, white team from Duke University played a Samuel L.